We already know Sweden has a lot going for it—fika, gender equality, noir pop culture. The Scandinavian country made headlines when it experimented with a six-hour workday, and we’re about to learn another lesson from the Swedes about work-life balance.

Visit Sweden has teamed up with researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm to study the health benefits of being outdoors. How do they plan to do that? By sticking five people with some of the world’s most stressful jobs in an all-glass cabin in the middle of the woods and monitoring their well-being. Dubbed “The 72 Hour Cabin,” this quality-of-life case study will take place from September 7–10 approximately two hours from Gothenburg on Henriksholm Island in western Sweden, which is 60 percent forest and 40 percent Highland cattle grazing.

“The Swedes’ unique relationship with nature is an important part of their well-being and to show this to the world, we have created ‘The 72 Hour Cabin,’” Jennie Skogsborn Missuna, Visit Sweden’s chief experience officer, tells Condé Nast Traveler. “We want to acquaint visitors with the special bond that Swedes have with nature, and invite the world to experience it for themselves.”

Every day around 11 a.m., work in offices all over Sweden come to a halt as locals partake in the custom of fika, a late-morning coffee paired with sweet treats like cinnamon rolls and cardamom buns. Even the busiest worker will stop and take a break for this traditional indulgence, which is a nice reminder that it can be valuable to step back and think. Also, cardamom buns are delicious.

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Forget Ikea. There's something about that unmistakable minimalist, elegant Swedish look, whether it's chunky knits and geometric jewelry from brands like Acne, & Other Stories, and Filippa K, or clever, brightly-patterned home goods that hint at the sense of humor lurking behind that cool Scandinavian exterior.

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There's something about Sweden (maybe the crystal-clear water?) that grows great pop stars: Robyn, Lykke Li, Avicii, and The Knife all hail from the small Scandinavian land, as has behind-the-scenes the producer Max Martin, who has worked on hits from stars like Katy Perry and Britney Spears. It probably explains why Swedish artists have won so many Eurovision Song Contests.

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It's not only the Finns who love a good shvitz. The sauna (bastu in Swedish) is a necessary amenity in a country with long, cold winters. To do a proper Swedish-style bastu, strip down (nudity is no big deal here, but you can wear a swimsuit if you're uncomfortable), sweat for a while in the sauna, then jump into a freezing cold lake. It also helps to have a beer afterward (or before).

Sweden's green-living ethos isn't just about riding bikes to work. Many of the company's freshest exports are natural beauty products, like organic skin care line Estelle & Thild and bath-and-body range Kerstin Florian leading the way. Upscale fragrance line Byredo has won fans well beyond Sweden's borders.

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Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy, better known in the U.S. as the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series, was a mainstream crossover for the dark, goth-inspired noir books and films (director Ingmar Bergman set the standard with works like The Seventh Seal) that have long been a staple of Scandinavian culture. Fans of the genre should also check out Henning Mankell's Wallander series (which later became a TV show) and Camilla Läckberg's best-selling crime novels like The Ice Princess.

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According to U.S. News & World Report's annual "Best Countries" index, Sweden is the best country in the world for women. In addition to those generous parental-leave policies we mentioned earlier, Sweden in 1998 passed an amendment stipulating that schools "work against" gender stereotyping—and it seems to have paid off. The country has seen success with its gender-neutral schools, and nearly two-thirds of all university degrees are awarded to women. Professionally, Sweden has one of the world’s highest representations of women in parliament—five women were first elected in 1922—and as of 2015, 82 women and 90 men were heads of Sweden’s top government agencies.

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For right now, the experiment will be limited to just five very stressed out individuals from around the world: a British broadcaster, a Paris taxi driver, a New York event planner, a Munich police officer, and a London-based travel journalist. For three days, they’ll swap the hustle of city life for an off-the-grid experience; they can swim, fish, and commune with nature with nary an iPhone in sight. Participants will wear wristbands that will allow researchers to monitor their stress levels.

“Previous research has shown that nature has several positive effects on people’s well-being,” researcher Walter Osika tells Traveler of his hopes for the experiment. “I expect that this case study will also show such positive effects.”

As for how Visit Sweden will use the collected data moving forward (the results of which will be published on October 10), Skogsborn Missuna hopes the results will “inspire more visitors to come and experience our ‘close to nature’ lifestyle [for] themselves. In a stressed world, everyone needs to let a natural environment enhance their well-being. [Sweden’s] accessible, vast and beautiful nature is the perfect place to do it. The effect that nature has on people is to be taken seriously and more studies on the subject are welcome.”